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January 12, 2009

Recalibrate your goals

It's actually quite fun to write about goals. Especially since I reached nearly all our goals in 2008. Even financially, we reached our goal nearly on the dot. We added just the number of clients that we wanted to work with. We could have added more, but then, it was 'gametime" and we tried something new in our strategy.

I am serious. That's how powerful goal setting is.

We learned a lot and just when we thought we got it, the recession hits. How positive and powerful. Because it is so much easier to work, manage and lead in good times. Now, in the so-called bad times, we need to be more flexible and we are - are you?

This also means that we are able to recalibrate our goals. You see, there is nothing more desperate than writing down a goal, and subbornly following its pathway when the world breaks down and the universe throws bricks at you. This means that you don't look at "reality". Things can go wrong, for sure. Clients postpone projects, a training doesn't work out, things get cancelled. Does this mean we have to stick to numbers and insist that this is the way forward and nothing else? Does this mean we ignore the financial crisis? Hope that the universe will be gentle with us?

No way!

Sometimes it is good to re-look at things. Change the strategy. Look for diversification. Entice different customers (that are aligned with your values).

Keep the outcome in mind, so. Ultimately you want to reach your goals, right? The big ones. The real stretching ones. The cool ones. Those that wow you. That keep you excited when you go to bed and that motivate you when you get up even before the alarmclock rings.

It is just a gentle reminder to look at your goals. Where are you standing now? Hey it's only January, I hear you say and I just finished your earlier exercise.

Not a problem, lol.

It just means that you need to know what you are doing. Include what happens. Check your goals. Daily, or weekly. Are the still actual, reachable and realistic. Did something happen that you didn't expect? Are you on course?

Ask yourself, how does an external event influence your ultimate goal.

Tick it off:

It does not influence me means you can keep going.

It does influence me - check out the impact. Can you still reach your goal? Do you need to be flexible? Adjust or recalibrate your goals?

Then do it.

You remember that in NLP we have the NLP Presuppositions, which are convenient assumptions or beliefs that guide the way, a NLP Practitioner looks at the world.

One of these presuppositions states that the "Element or Person with the highest flexibility dominates the system." That demands from you to be actively checking your current situation.

Okay, it is only 2 weeks into January. Are you on track with your goal?

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Posted by Andreas at January 12, 2009 07:39 PM

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